Eye protector



R MALCOM EYE PROTECTOR.

man oec 2s 191e Jan. 2, 1923.

I "naw x Paten-red dan. Z, "i923,

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Application filed :December 23, 1918. Serial No. Zll.A

To aff who/n wmj/ conce/,mf i .lele it known that l, loonnn'r lilancoir, a citizen of the United lStates, residing at v`chicagd Cool; 'Count-y, and State of lllinois,A have invented certain'new and useful improvements in Eye Protectors, of which the following is a description,

illy invention has for its object the production of an eye protector designed to be worn by workmen, vehicle drivers, and others, who are occupied in different industries where special protection to the eyes is necessary t Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of this kind, whereby the lens holding frames are connected together by a bridge with end pieces capable of being lient to allow the frames to be folded towhen not in use, i

Another object of the invention is to provide simplified means for attaching the retaining bands of the eye protector in place, wlereby said attaching meanscan be readily removed or renewed as desired.

ln the accompanying drawings 'I have illustrated what l now 'consider the preferred form of my invention, although it is obvious that various changes as to the size, proportion,

etc., may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention, and in these drawings,

Figure l is a plan view of my eye protector;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is an end elevation;

Figure -l is an enlarged detail of the same for attaching the nose piece or bridge, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the lens holding frames and a fragmentary view of the retaining frame.

Referring to the drawings, fr represents the lens retaining frames or eye cups, which may be preferably formed of bre, or any other suitable material, and which are so shaped that they lit around the eyes of the wearer close to the temples by elongation of one side of the frame on a line diagonal to the axis thereof, as shown at a. rlhe frame A is cylindrical in form and receives at the open end thereof a lens holding rim B. This rim is preferably metal bent to form an inwardly opening cylindrical groove Z9, within which alense bf is placed. Each lens holding rim B is provided with a flange b2, having formed therein a bead b3, which, when the rim is placed in position extends circumferen'tiallyy thereof. *i Fastening devices, which may be screws c, areveitended through the wall of theV frame A, the end thereof engaging the flange 52 to hold the metal rim B into the frame A.

The ends of the rim B are brought t0- gether, preferably, at the point of attachment with the nose piece, asshown in Figure 1l, and each of the ends of the rim is provided with a lug c, 02. Coincident openings are provided in these lugs c', C2, through which a screw threaded bolt C passes and is engaged for the purpose ofholding said run B in circular form. v

The bolts (l form pintles for the flexible nose piece C, which in this instance is in the form of a chain 'connecting each pair ,of ,cups together. v n

lin the elongated end `of leach 'of' the frames or eye cups A, I provide a slot d, through which is securedan elastic cordd, which is folded and hemined or otherwise arranged to form a thickened portion at the end thereof Z2 which will not pass through the slot (Z. rlhis cord is inserted through the slot d, from the inside of thev cup and is held in'place by the portion-cl2. This fastening may be easily removed for the purpose of renewal or cleansing the saine; ln adjusting the eye-protectors upon the head of the wearer the free ends of each of the cords d are secured together in any well known manner to form a head band.

ln the elongated side of each of the frames A, I provide means for ventilation, which consists of an opening through the frame A into which isfitted a ring e held in place by frictional engagement with the libre cup.v e is a screen or the like which covers the opening and permits a circulation of air.

It will thus be seen that l have provided a simple, cheap ,and eilicient eye protector, which ,fits closely around the eyes of the wearer, and is adapted to be folded into a small compact space when not in use; one from which the band 0l" 0r retaining device may be easily removed and replaced; also one in which the lenses may be readily removed and new lenses replaced.

I claim: 2

1. An eye-protector, comprising a pair of eye-cups, each having one side thereof elongated on a line diagonal to the axis thereof, an expansible split ring forming a lens-holding rim removably secured in the forined on the meeting ends of each expansible ring, ineans securing said lugs together, a flexible nosepiece having connection with the lug securing ineans, and means for holding said protector upon the head of the wearer.

2. An eye-protector comprising a pair of eye-cups, each having one side thereof elongated on a line diagonal 'to the axis thereof, a nietal lens-holding franie provider with a retaining flange fitting inside of each eye-cup, ineans for securing said franie in place, lugs extending from the meeting ends of each lens-holding riin, a flexible nose piece hingedly attached to a pint-le secured in each of said lugs, and means for securing said eye-protector upon the head of the wearer. v

3. An eye-protector, comprising a pair of eye-cups, each having one side thereof elongated on a line diagonal to the axis, a split ring forming a lens-holding riin secured in the cylinder of each eye-clip, sai."l ring having an inwardly opening` groove, a lens in each of said grooves, a flange abutting the forward edge of the eye-cup; a flexible nose piece inovably secured at each end thereof to the rlens-holding rims, ineans for ventilation provided in the elongated side of each eye-cup, and a retaining band removably attached through openings in the elongated ends of each eye-cup, substantially as described.

ai. An eye-protector, comprising a pair of eye-cups, each having one side thereof elongated on a line diagonal to the axis, eX- pansible split rings, each having a lensholding groove formed therein and nicans manner for closing each of said rings around the periphery of the lens, a circumferential shoulder in each of said rings seating on the forward edge of the eye-cup, one of said rings being removably secured in each oyecup, the elongated side of each eye-cup having a transversely extending opening therein, a retaining band secured through each of said openings, substantially as described.

5. an eye-protector comprising a pair of eye-cups, each having one side thereof elongatedy on a line diagonal to the thereof, ezipansible split rings each having a groove formed therein to receive the lens, hinge members formed on the meetingends of said rings, a pintle engaging the hinged` members on each ring, a flexible nosepiece engaging said pintles, a shoulder formed in each ring which seats on the forward edge of the eye-Cup; a ange fitting insideof the cylinder of the eye-cup, said flange having a bead formed therein to receive ineans for securing' the ring inside of the cup.

6. An eye-protector comprising a pair of cylindrical eye-cups, eachhaving one side thereof elongated on a line diagonal to the axis thereof, a'split ring having. a. circumferential groove formed therein to receive the lens, a flange on said ring fitting inside of the cylinder of the cup, lugs formed on the meeting ends of said split ring, and a flexible nose piece niovably attached to the lugs projecting from each of the lens holding rings.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed this specification.

ROBERT MALCOM. 

